2. Heard of a power pose?

The other day I was wandering with my friends having a party in a farmhouse. And a loud duck quarrel caught our attention.

And this is what we saw.

We reached just when the fight finished, and we saw the victorious duck had spread its wings wide, making it look bigger.

The power pose, as explained by Amy Cuddy‘s Ted Talk. I recommend you have a look at this before we proceed.

Now imagine,

Had you been in the situation of that victorious duck we just spoke about, how’d you describe the mental state at that power pose moment?

Let’s do it now,

Close your eyes and imagine yourself in that situation, spread yourself and give that power pose. What do you feel, see yourself victorious, powerful, and with skyrocketing confidence? How does it feel like to you?

Exactly, that’s the power of power pose.

Here, this will convince you better,

Think of a power pose, like a superman, a boss, or whatever you feel appropriate. Act it, yeah, get up and do the pose. Just to spice up, add a smile too.

Now,

Try to feel sadness and stressed emotions. Can you? I bet you couldn’t quite do it as you’d had you not been in a power pose. Like you can’t be angry when smiling.

That being said, you now have a tool to pump up your sense of power anytime. And yeah, just for the record, try nobody sees you while doing it.

3. Suit up

Your dress defines your taste and attitude. It also helps shape your state of mind.

Why does a flaw on your shirt get you mad? Try attending a meeting wearing a shirt with a spot, imagine what difference it makes?

Or say, if you haven’t pressed your shirt? It makes a huge difference in our state of mind.

No matter what others might think or even notice, you’ll certainly do.

So if you want an instant change in your state of mind, which you do, dress up. Wear that dress of yours, which makes you feel distinctive and compelling.

4. Deepen your voice

From which part of your throat do you speak? I mean the upper one or the lower?

You are in control of your breathing and you’re in control so you’re in power. Makes sense?

Here try this.

And there’s more,

Like you breathe heavy and rapidly when you’re out of control like when panicked, you do the same with your speech. Yes, you got it, speak slowly and you’ll feel more powerful, instantaneously.

It made more sense to write these two factors together as they are interdependent. You manage one other one that comes along. I just wanted you to be aware of it consciously to get that feeling of psychological power in you.

7. Your ritual of confidence

Now, this is subjective. Everyone might have a ritual, a personal one, which makes you feel in a way that might define your state of mind.

You being the beautiful unique being yourself might have your own, let’s know in the comments if you do, I’d love to know that.

This ritual is what triggers an emotion, sort of an anchor, as we call it in NLP. Have you heard of Pavlov’s did and classical conditioning? We all night have different conditionings to different stimuli. Maybe even without being aware of it.

So,

See if you have any such trigger to change your state to be powerful. Trigger that, and you’ll start feeling it in you.

It’s not that difficult to be a strong personality if you know a handful of tricks. Join us, for we’re committed to bringing you what you need to be stronger and better.